New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02
MIN NESOTA LEGISLATURE.
Synopsis .os the Proceedings Of the Senate and
House.

Synopsis OF the Proceedings Of the Senate and
House.
IN THE SENATE
Senator Wards resolution locating the
state capitol on the state experimental farm
was laid over and then reconsidered,
amended and referred back to hiln.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED
Fixing the patrol limits of Minneapolis; au-
thorlzing Ramsey county to issue certificates for
jail; relating to the school board OF the city Of
saltwater; relating to the village Of Pine City;
to incorporate East Grand Fords: relating to the
county commissioners of Freeborn county; to
| aid the fair association at Pennington: to pre-
| vent the catching Of fish in Round Lake, LIE
SueuT county: relating to the catching of fish in
Stearns, ,Meeker and Wright counties; authorizing
mtsle Fals, VI morrison county, to issue bonds;
| the peace in ST. Paul: relating to commissioner
dlsGrlcts IN Waseca; relating to school districts
cation of Northfeid; relating to. the village of
Candy, Yellow Medicine county: to change the
name OF the Jackson Street NJ. E. church, St.
Paul. 10 Central Park NJ. E. church: relating to
! the compensation OF county commissioners in
Hennepin county; to amend the act incorporat-
Ing Northfield: to legalize certain records OF Big
| Stone county.
| SENATE BILL PASSED.
| Removal of Canada thistles; relating to the
support OF fire departments; relating to the
| sheriff OF Scott county; reimbursing Anton
| ROeck: apprOpriating money for the deaf, dumb
and blind asylum; joint memorial to congress to
| abolish the tariff on lumber; to prevent compe-
tltlon OF prison with artisan labor; publication
of legal notices; to provide for notice of redemp-
| ton; to perpetuate testimony of witnesses;
fixing the time of court in the Eleventh judicial
district: relating to state public schools; reat-
| ing 20 normal schools: creating police commits
sion In Minneapolis.
IN THE HOUSE
| SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Appropriat1ng money for normal school at
Moorhead; authorizing Sauk Rapids to issue
| bonds: appropriation for state school for de-
pendent children; relating to commissioner of
| St. Louis county: amending the charter of the
| Village of Morris; amending Laws 1879 relat-
| ing to corporations: authorizing village of New
Prague TO issue bonds; establishing dock line
IN st. Louis bay: fixing salary of Judge of pro-
bate OF 81. Louis couoty: regulating catching Of
| hsh in Steele county: amending general statutes
| relating to trustees for insane hospital: me-
morlal to congress In relation to an additional
bounty; fixing the compensation of county at
tOrnev and judge OF probate in Beltrami county;
! jegaliztpg votes in school district in Carver
county; amending statutes relating to partition
fences: authorizing issne Of bonds BY Wabasha
school district; authorizing issue of bonds for
| fire department in Brown county: changing the
name of Lye lake. Otter Tail county. to Chicago
lake: authorizing Lake county to issue ST. $, 900
bonds for court house; relating to Duluth mu-
nicipal court: authorizing Benton county to
issue bonds, and regulating the same; author
1Zlng LuVerne Rock county, to issue bonds.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Authorizing commissioners Of Polk county to
build bridge at Red Lake Falls; providing for
the care of insane women on the way to insane
hospitals; detaching portions of School Districts
Nos. AZ, 81 and 78 and attaching to District No.
90 IN Waseca county; amending. chapter 16s,
special Laws 1881, relating TO the creation OF
special school districts: amend;ng an act 1ncor-
| poratfng the village Of Litchtield: relating to
the commissioner districts Of Waseca county;
relating to the organization of a Eoard of pork
commissioners for the city of St. Paul; defining
the boundaries of the city of Duluth Regulat-
ing the catching OF fish in Lake Madison;
board Of education of st. Paul: authorizing viii
| lage or Detroit to issue bonds: appropriating
100000 for making repairs on the capitol build
ing.
THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS.
The following bills on the calendar were
read third time and passed.
Regulating salaries Of the treasurers and
| auditors when unorganized counties are at
rers OF counties where unorganized counties are
| attached: providing for collection of taxes in
unorganized counties: jurisdiction of justices
OF the peace: taxing telegraph companies; pub
lcatiOn of Institutional amendments: amend
ing General Statutes OF 1873 relating to salaries
OF county officers: compensation OF coroncrs
and physicians in certain cases: highway cross
1nGs op railways; to prevent fraud in sale of
dairy products.
The senate spent nearly the whole day
discussing the Senate railroad bill but
without result.
The senate judiciary committee has recon-
mended to pass the Goodrich bill relating to
false issue OF railroad Stock the bill regulating
the proceeding of railroad companies desiring
TO- TO ct tnslr eh stock and the 6 egalizlng
ton in vRcattng alleys.
Senator Simpsons boiler inspection bill pro-
vides for three state inspectors. to be appointed
by the governor, who shall be boilermakers Of
not less than fifteen years experience. The fees
for inspection shall be SIS for boilers and So ad-
dit1onal for each connected boiler. The hulls OF
steamers are to be inspected at SIS each. All
fees collected by the inspectors to be equally
divided among them after expenses are paid
HOUSE.
In the house Williams bill reducing rail.
road rates 20 per cent was passed after a
hot fight.
IUsE BILLS PASSED.
Providing for relief of Henry Bohn; author
make plats for auditors Office; amending char
ter of LIE Sueur: fixing compensation judges
Fourth judicial district; reimbursing s. j. Bar
low for election contest expenses; authorizing
city OF MINNEAPOLIS to take portion OF Layman's
cemetery for street purposes: providing for cleo
ton OF justices of the peace in Minneapolis; pro-
yiding stenographer for Hennepn county court:
authorizing commissioners Of Hennepin county
to pay for service and return of delinquent tax
a u s county g
road: authorizing city of St. Paul to issue Ger
titicates for Improvement of St. Paul and
shakopee road; amending Special Laws 1881.
relating to village of Wadena: providing for 20
per cent reduction OF freight rates.
Ihe ramsey county delegation introduced
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common council Of ST Paul to issue bonds
to the amount of $4,000, 900 for the pur-
pose of building state capitol The bill
provides that tho bonds are to run thirty
years and are to draw not to exceed 8 per
cent interest The bill was given its first
reading and placed on general orders
SENATE.
The senate very promptly passed the rail-
road bill recommended In committee Of the
whole the day before. There were only two
dissenting votes-Hixon and Shields Thirty
nine senators voted for the bill Mr.. Ives
tried to have the bill amended so as to leave
it to the discretion of the commissioners to
COMPEL the railroads to comply with the law
in cases OF complaint by private parties. but
special committee of Ives. Pope and Edwards
was lost Mr. Hixon explained his vote by
saying that while he thought there were
many good feature in the bill. he was OPP
f~f fhafo oIo &C.,.